Genre: Advanced

One of the first thorough accounts on the arrow of time, encompassing such diverse topics as a statistical and quantum mechanics, electromagnetic theory, elementary particles, and cosmology. More info →

A philosophical account of time asymmetries in science, covering many notoriously difficult problems in the philosophy of science, such as causation, knowledge, entropy, explanation, time travel, rational choice (including Newcomb's problem), laws of nature, and counterfactual implication. More info →

Interesting and important account of the problem of time's arrow, where Price argues that most physicists have thought about this problems the wrong way. Misled by the human perspective from within time, they have fallen victim to what Price calls the "double standard fallacy". The solution is to imagine a point outside time — the Archimedean "view from nowhen". More info →

In the typical style of Albert, this book provides an unprecedentedly clear account of the problem of time's arrow in science. From the Newtonian-Mechanical picture of the world, via the Second Law of Thermodynamics, to the measurement problem of quantum mechanics, this is an excellent introduction to the subject. More info →